John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford was a British Whig statesman who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1757 to 1761. A leading member of the Whig party during the Seven Years' War, he negoti
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1770
Bedford was a patron of Canaletto and commissioned a number of works from him, including this view of Venice.
1759–1762 portrait Bedford by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Gertrude Russell, Duchess of Bedford, formerly the Hon. Gertrude Leveson-Gower, was the second wife of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. She was the eldest daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Go
Portrait of Gertrude, Duchess of Bedford, née Leveson-Gower (1715–1794) by John Smart
